Wednesday, 23 October 2013

Cryogenic Echelon are
not ones to rest on their laurels. Having only released their
retrospective collection 'Anthology' back in July, the band are back
with a remix companion featuring a brand new track. Sometimes remix
albums can leave you pretty cold and bored as existing club hits are often simply recycled into new club hits. But every now and then there are those that you genuinely
look forward to. And this is one of those rare occasions.

The antipodean project
is only a few short years old, but they have already built up an
impressive reputation as an innovative and exciting act. Which in
turn has seen Cryogenic Echelon in demand for remix duties. The
quality of their remixes has once again paid off as artists such as
Grendel, The .invalid, Machine Rox, Ctrl Alt Del and Draconic
Elimination Projects get in on the action on 'Taste Of Failure'.

The only new track on
the album is the mind-bending 'Full Throttle'. Glitchy, distorted
synths, meld with robotic and distorted vocals. Hard dance beats
power the track forward, and the icing comes in the form of the
melodic female vocals that hang above the distortion. It is a great
mix of harsh and melodic that gives nods to the likes of Juno Reactor
and Comaduster.

The remixes are all
fairly club orientated for the most part. Although there are some
interesting contributions from the likes of Machine Rox who adds some
heavy guitar to 'Soulstorm', Ctrl Alt Del's dubstep-heavy take on the
same track, and Draconic Elimination Project's slowly building
version of 'Elixr'.

There is plenty of
variation to keep both fans and DJs happy with the remixers offering
up ebm, techno, dubstep and industrial rock versions of the original
songs. That alone would be enough to keep the band's name in
circulation for a while. But 'Full Throttle' is the real star of the
show. It's another strong original track that serves to whet
appetites for another full-length studio album.